Training Workshop Essentials (PDF)

Winner: Gold Axiom Business Book Award in Human Resources, 2010

This unique training resource offers trainers, educators, andfacilitators a hands-on guide for designing and implementingtraining workshops and sessions that incorporate concepts learnedfrom research on how the human brain best obtains, retains, andrecalls information. By using this proven approach, trainers cancreate memorable workshops that are dynamic, fun, and effectiveevents.

The author shows how to design, develop, and deliver trainingfrom a whole-brain perspective that addresses the three differentlearning modalities (auditory, visual, and kinesthetic). Trainerscan tap into accelerated learning strategies, address needs ofdifferent generational and diverse learners, and employlearner-tested techniques by applying key concepts from thisbook.

This important book covers all the basics including selecting atopic specifically to address audience needs. It provides astep-by-step process for creating an outline, designing,developing, and using brain-friendly support materials, choosingthe appropriate location (with the right equipment andfurnishings), choosing the best time and date, and offers tips forpresenting the content to learners in a creative and professionalmanner.

Training Workshop Essentials offers brain-based strategies andtechniques that go beyond typical training methods. Theseapproaches will reach out and pull learners into the session'scontent and allow them to truly experience and retain theinformation long after the training ends.